Air quality related values (AQRVs) for Southern Plains Network (SOPN) parks: Effects from ozone; visibility reducing particles; and atmospheric deposition of acids, nutrients and toxics
Sullivan TJ. 2016. Air quality related values (AQRVs) for Southern Plains Network (SOPN) parks: Effects from ozone; visibility reducing particles; and atmospheric deposition of acids, nutrients and toxics. Natural Resource Report. NPS/SOPN/NRR—2016/1203. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This report describes the Air Quality Related Values (AQRVs) of the Southern Plains Network (SOPN). AQRVs are those resources sensitive to air quality and include streams, lakes, soils, vegetation, fish and wildlife, and visibility. The SOPN parks that are included in the NPS Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Program, and discussed in this report, are Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument (ALFL), Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site (BEOL), Capulin Volcano National Monument (CAVO), Chickasaw National Recreation Area (CHIC), Fort Larned National Historic Site (FOLS), Fort Union National Monument (FOUN), Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (LAMR), Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park (LYJO), Pecos National Historical Park (PECO), Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site (SAND) and Washita Battlefield National Historic Site (WABA). Sullivan et al. (2011a, 2011b) and Kohut (2007) conducted risk assessments for acidification, eutrophication and ozone (O3) for the SOPN parks; their results are described in this report. This report also describes air pollutant emissions and air quality in the SOPN, and their effects on AQRVs. The primary pollutants likely to affect AQRVs include nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) compounds (nitrate [NO3-], ammonium [NH4+], and sulfate [SO42-]), ground-level O3, haze-causing particles, and airborne toxics, including mercury (Hg) and pesticides. Background for this section can be found in “Air quality related values (AQRVs) in national parks: Effects from ozone; visibility reducing particles; and atmospheric deposition of acids, nutrients and toxics” (Sullivan 2016). File size: 2.8 MB
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Sullivan, Timothy
- Date of Issue
- 2016
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- NRSS , SOPN
- Keywords
- Acidification, Air Quality Related Values, Airborne Toxics, AQRV, Critical loads, Deposition, Emissions, Nitrogen, Ozone, Sulfur, Visibility
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Air Quality | Ozone , Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Air Quality | Wet and Dry Deposition , Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Air Quality | Visibility and Particulate Matter , Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Air Quality | Air Contaminants